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Beacool

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106. My point was clear.
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 08:24 PM
Dec 2015

If Sanders can't even win enough votes to win the party's nomination, he obviously can't win in a general election. Where do you see Sanders winning "with all the voters Democratic"?

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I really love the cleverness of the Bernie Movement in equating HRC and Trump. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #1
+1 .. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2015 #2
Agree. What nonsense equating Hillary with a dysfunctional fascist. Hortensis Dec 2015 #26
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The OP misstates Clinton support BADLY, Hortensis Dec 2015 #34
The OP ... staggerleem Dec 2015 #59
76% of Democrats feel GOOD about Hillary. As for the OP, Hortensis Dec 2015 #69
So NOW your wanting to parse a national poll? blackspade Dec 2015 #62
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No, it's not. It's polled Democrats. Hortensis Dec 2015 #73
Now That Sounds itcfish Dec 2015 #86
The similarities between the RW and Sanders folks Gman Dec 2015 #55
Funny ... staggerleem Dec 2015 #61
On this forum there are a few non-bernies who have become trollish, Hortensis Dec 2015 #117
A New York Times/CBS poll result is "the Bernie Movement"? nt. m-lekktor Dec 2015 #5
I was NOT speaking of the poll, which is incredibly obvious to those not looking for an argument. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #91
What did Bernie have to do with this? 840high Dec 2015 #11
Absolutely nothing. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #92
Rectal extraction at its finest mindwalker_i Dec 2015 #21
I assume you're referring to the OP: I totally agree. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #93
If I had meant to respond to the OP, I would have responded to the OP mindwalker_i Dec 2015 #99
Yep. But in the spirit of your original response to me: Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #101
the only equation is that they are both the 'front runners' for their respective parties azurnoir Dec 2015 #52
"another day another smear" Indeed. The author of the OP should be ashamed, but we know better. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #94
The HIllary movement has been equating Bernie to Ron Paul for months. morningfog Dec 2015 #53
Not the same. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #95
Of course not. Of course. morningfog Dec 2015 #103
The parallel between Gore and HRC in that context is true. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #110
I am not "having a sad" and I think you are confused. morningfog Dec 2015 #111
Good lord. No idea why I locked in on Nader. That's embarrassing. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #112
I spend the better part of my day in a brain cramp. morningfog Dec 2015 #113
Yup, that has been the pattern among some for some time. The old Nader still_one Dec 2015 #54
I love the way people use RIGHT WING SOURCES like THE WEEK to make their points. MADem Dec 2015 #57
The CBS poll is equating Trump and Clinton. blackspade Dec 2015 #60
The poll isn't equating ANYONE OR ANYTHING! staggerleem Dec 2015 #63
You're misunderstanding my response. blackspade Dec 2015 #64
It's not the poll that's the problem, it is the OP and posters who make similar comparison. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #96
The poll is doing the comparing. blackspade Dec 2015 #107
the poll did. jeez roguevalley Dec 2015 #97
Nope. The author of the OP misled the readers with the thread title and supporting text. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #98
And yet 52% say they'll vote for Clinton, only 32% (down 1% from November) for Sanders. George II Dec 2015 #3
it makes complete sense to restrict the question restorefreedom Dec 2015 #45
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Which one of these candidates would you like to see the Democratic Party nominate? baldguy Dec 2015 #4
The Democratic party is 30% of the electorate. jeff47 Dec 2015 #6
But the Democratic Party is almost 100% of the Democratic Primary electorate. George II Dec 2015 #8
And that still doesn't win the GE. jeff47 Dec 2015 #9
Except Obama lost independents in 2012....and still won. nt Cali_Democrat Dec 2015 #10
He got enough of them to win. Independents are roughly split 50-50 jeff47 Dec 2015 #18
So Bernie has 30% of the Democrats 30% redstateblues Dec 2015 #104
Virtually all registered Democrats will vote for the nominee. jeff47 Dec 2015 #116
52% of 30% of the electorate Doctor_J Dec 2015 #16
You should be. jeff47 Dec 2015 #22
Wait!!! itcfish Dec 2015 #89
It's independents and cross-overs who win GE elections. Hepburn Dec 2015 #15
And do you know what drives those people away? baldguy Dec 2015 #23
To the people I have spoken with -- what drives them away is... Hepburn Dec 2015 #29
As if Sanders could win the general election, Beacool Dec 2015 #28
Democrats are 30% of the electorate. You don't win a general election with 30%. jeff47 Dec 2015 #36
Would you care to expand on your thoughts? Or is that the extent of your observation? Vincardog Dec 2015 #44
My point was clear. Beacool Dec 2015 #106
Yes see Bernie winning every democratic voter that cares a out winning the GE. The winner is the Vincardog Dec 2015 #108
I saw another poll with Clinton getting 6 percent of the Indpedendent vote CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #7
I'd like to see that poll leftynyc Dec 2015 #13
No, 94% will not vote for Hillary -- that is the issue. n/t Hepburn Dec 2015 #17
So somewhere in that poll leftynyc Dec 2015 #20
You are not getting this, are you? Hepburn Dec 2015 #24
And the Poll STILL hasn't been posted leftynyc Dec 2015 #39
So what percentage will it be? Desert805 Dec 2015 #82
No idea leftynyc Dec 2015 #87
What does it matter? Hepburn Dec 2015 #84
Bullshit leftynyc Dec 2015 #88
Link to the poll please. leftofcool Dec 2015 #105
No. Voting is not zero-sum. jeff47 Dec 2015 #25
So you've seen this leftynyc Dec 2015 #41
I'm not talking about that poll. I'm talking about the make-up of the electorate jeff47 Dec 2015 #48
Take it up with the leftynyc Dec 2015 #65
Are you EVER going to post leftynyc Dec 2015 #40
This poll as presented by NYT/CBS is a pretty bad gauge of the opinions of Americans.... George II Dec 2015 #12
Finally I am in the majority on something Doctor_J Dec 2015 #14
K/R 1K n/t SmittynMo Dec 2015 #27
The majority of Americans don't want their taxes raised upaloopa Dec 2015 #37
When it's framed by right wingers, you are correct Doctor_J Dec 2015 #43
Again you are using talking points upaloopa Dec 2015 #75
I saw him get upset when reporters asked about foreign policy. He wanted to talk about the economy. Laser102 Dec 2015 #74
Why is HRC unwilling to apologize for her vote for a WAR CRIME???? Why KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #115
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When the chips are down, I doubt that Trump will be the Republican nominee. Beacool Dec 2015 #30
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I read that kind of wishful thinking on RW sites. Beacool Dec 2015 #33
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and you are proud of smearing a Dem on a Dem board!! Shame on you. riversedge Dec 2015 #46
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Irony ain't just a lump of ferrous material... whatthehey Dec 2015 #49
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LOL - the cons have leftynyc Dec 2015 #42
Holy False Equivalency, Batman! nt Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2015 #35
Thank you. riversedge Dec 2015 #47
And for the record for all the GD:P people out there..... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2015 #50
well Bernie is NOT an outsider VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #78
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Why? Thenewire Dec 2015 #56
Everyone I've spoken with agrees that this election SUCKS. There are NO decent candidates. Xithras Dec 2015 #58
One reason, IMHO, is the post-Watergate micro-scrutiny of candidates steve2470 Dec 2015 #109
I admire supporters who work tirelessly for their candidate. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #66
This is such bullshit. murielm99 Dec 2015 #70
Insightful analysis. frylock Dec 2015 #76
22% of Democrats are excited about Clinton. frylock Dec 2015 #77
Why even care about what Republicans think? ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #79
Trump cannot win the general election because he has no support among independents and Democrats. Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #80
There you go again. Another post conflating Trump and Hillary. Nitram Dec 2015 #81
26 years Bernin Dec 2015 #83
Come On Now itcfish Dec 2015 #85
one is a neocon who will continue the endless wars, the other is insane. yurbud Dec 2015 #90
Plain ridiculous that Americans are almost as scared of Hillary Clinton as they are of Trump. Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #100
A Sanders nomination is scary to me, he does not have a foreign policy Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #102
Your fears about ISIS are misdirected. You are 187 times more likely to starve to death in American Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #114
This information does not give Sanders foreign affairs knowedge, he lacks in this area. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #118
Clinton has less experience focusing on poverty than Sanders has focusing on foreign affairs. Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #119
What, less experience, has Sanders ever went into migrant camps seeking the children in those Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #120
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